Energy Magazine July 2021 | Page 73

“ To build the solutions needed to move the world to a digital , decentralised , decarbonised energy future , companies need to collaborate and co-innovate ”
NADÈGE PETIT CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER , SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
which is raising the stakes , and the complexity of security integration even higher .
Providing protection for IoT devices and the networks they connect to should include Zero-Trust principles , including the tight management of access control . Whether in enterprise medical , industrial , or other settings where IoT devices proliferate , it ’ s critical to ensure IT administrators can :
• Understand what IoT devices are being deployed by seeing and profiling every device connecting to the network
• Manage access to the network , including not only what devices are connecting to the network but also what areas of the network IoT devices can access
• Monitor the IoT devices once on the network to ensure access stays consistent , and the devices don ’ t become compromised
• Automatically take immediate action in the event of a device compromise or other security issue . energydigital . com 73